Gaming

New slots area at Plaza in Las Vegas named for gaming influencer

Influencer Brian Christopher poses in the new Brian Christopher smoke-free slot area at the Plaza in downtown Las Vegas Tuesday, June 7, 2023. The new slot area, part of the Plazas Main Street Reimagination project, celebrated its grand opening on Saturday, June 10, 2023.

Content creation in casinos is still relatively taboo and many places won’t even allow patrons to take pictures of themselves on the casino floor.

Esports specialist Skillz moving its headquarters to southwest Las Vegas

Andrew Paradise, CEO & Founder of Skillz, an online mobile multiplayer video game competition platform, poses for a photo at the companys Las Vegas office Tuesday, May 23, 2023.

A leading mobile gaming company has relocated to Las Vegas from California.

U.S. Integrity monitors sports wagering for suspicious activity

Scott Sadin, left, COO of U.S. Integrity, and Matthew Holt, president, pose in an analyst room at the companys offices in Henderson Thursday, May 25, 2023. The company identifies suspicious sports betting behavior by analyzing changes in betting data against a benchmark of normal betting activity.

Since U.S. Integrity opened its doors about five years ago, the sports-betting compliance and fraud prevention firm has evolved from catching instances of illegal sports wagering to ...

NCAA survey shows 58% of 18- to 22-year-olds are wagering

More than half of the respondents to an NCAA-commissioned survey of 18- to 22-year-olds acknowledged placing sports wagers, with two-thirds of those who live on college campuses saying they ...

Poll shows two-thirds support plan for Las Vegas ballpark

An exterior view of the Tropicana Las Vegas, on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Two-thirds of Clark County voters support the Athletics’ proposal for a ballpark in Las Vegas, according to a poll conducted for the team. The A’s, who are planning to ...

New Jersey gambling revenue up 9.5% in April

A dealer conducts a game of roulette at the Tropicana casino in Atlantic City, N.J., on May 12, 2022.

New Jersey's casinos, racetracks that accept sports bets and their online partners won $462.7 million in April, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier. That figure includes winnings from ...

Bally’s announces ballpark deal at Tropicana casino site

An exterior view of the Tropicana Las Vegas, on the southeast corner of Las Vegas Boulevard and Tropicana Avenue, Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

Bally’s Corp. announced today it has reached a binding agreement with the Oakland Athletics and the land owner of the Tropicana to build a baseball stadium on the Strip casino property. The agreement marks a reversal from another ballpark deal announced ...

Weekend wagers: Seven bets to place on six sports including the NFL

Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert (10) looks to pass the ball during the second half of an NFL football game against the Las Vegas Raiders at Allegiant Stadium Sunday, Dec. 4, 2022.

NFL point spreads are up, and they’re not merely for decoration. ...

Alabama fires baseball coach after report of suspicious bets

Alabama head coach Brad Bohannon, left, argues with umpire Joe Harris after being tossed from an NCAA college baseball game in the bottom of the second inning against LSU, Saturday, April 29, 2023, in Baton Rouge, La.

labama fired baseball coach Brad Bohannon on Thursday after a report of suspicious bets involving his team, with the school saying he violated “the standards, duties and responsibilities expected of ...

Ohio gambling regulator halts betting on Alabama baseball

Ohio's top gambling regulator has barred licensed sports books in the state from accepting bets on Alabama baseball games after a report that warned of ...

Long-unfinished blue Strip tower sets date for grand opening

The Fontainebleau on the Las Vegas Strip is seen in this Aug. 29, 2017, photo.

A soaring blue-glass tower that has sat empty for close to two decades on the Las Vegas Strip — through the Great Recession and an unprecedented pandemic that shut down the famed tourist corridor for ...

Renovated Horseshoe hotel tower to become part of Paris Las Vegas

An artist's rendering of a renovated room at the Horseshoe's Jubilee Tower, which will be rebranded as the Versailles Tower and integrated into the neighboring Paris Las Vegas.

Caesars Entertainment plans to remodel a hotel tower at the Horseshoe and make it part of the adjacent Paris Las Vegas. The company said today it will renovate the ...

Women putting their stamp on slot machine industry

Game designers Kimberly Cohn, left, and Jamie Knight pose by video slot machines in the Light & Wonder showroom Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Cohn's Brainsaw Studio designed the Golden Fire Link games. Knight's Gamblenaut Studio designed the Money Link Power 4 game at right.

There might be more men working in gaming than women, but Kimberly Cohn—senior director of game design at Las Vegas-based Light & Wonder—said she doesn’t view the industry as “male-dominated.” Cohn said the number of women who are creating some of the top products in gaming has ...

New reports underscore massive economic impact of tourism tax dollars in Nevada

Pedestrian and vehicular traffic fill the Las Vegas Strip, looking south from Flamingo Road, on March 24. Nevada’s tourism industry supported 386,200 total jobs — or 27% of the state’s total employees — making $21.4 billion in total wage and salary payments in 2022, according to a  new report from the Nevada Resort Association.

“It surprises people what a big share of the state general fund comes from tourism,” said Virginia Valentine, Nevada Resort Association president and CEO, noting the significance of industry-specific taxes ...

NFL suspends 5 players for violating gambling policy

Detroit Lions defensive back C.J. Moore (38), on special teams, reacts after running out of bounds on a fake punt during the second half of an NFL football game against the Los Angeles Rams Sunday, Oct. 24, 2021, in Inglewood, Calif. The NFL has suspended five players for violating the league’s gambling policy on Friday, April 21, 2023. Detroit Lions wide receiver Quintez Cephus and safety C.J. Moore and Washington Commanders defensive end Shaka Toney were suspended indefinitely, while Lions wide receivers Stanley Berryhill and Jameson Williams have been suspended six games.

Three NFL players were suspended indefinitely Friday for betting on NFL games in the 2022 season, while two other players, including the 12th overall draft pick a year ...